Confess yourself freely to her; importune her help to put you in your place again: she is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed a disposition.
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 2, Scene 3. Iago uses his manipulative powers to get Cassio to appeal to Desdemona to persuade her husband to reinstate him as his lieutenant. Iago is setting the stage to make the false claim that Cassio and Desdemona are involved in a love affair.